Question by : Do movies release earlier in New York or Cali?
I have a 20$ bet with my mom, she believes that movies release earlier in California and New York and i disagree with her. And this bet started about Black Swan. she thinks that Black Swan released earlier in New York and Cali. and we live in boise idaho.
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Answer by Nunyo
If you count world premieres then yeah, a lot happen at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Otherwise it’s usually the same.
What do you think? Answer below!
Seems to be New York most often but they don’t just do it by coasts all the time.
in California they open 3 hours earlier than NY because of the time zone
Ok here’s the thing. Technically you both are right. When a movie gets made, it will typically be “premiered” somewhere big like Hollywood or New York. This primer however, is usually meant only for special guests like the actors, cast, and production crew. However, once past it’s first private showing in Hollywood or NY, it then gets released to the rest of the country on the same date. Movies typically get released on a Friday, and are shown by theaters all around the country (this is the advertised date that we see during previews). However, certain theaters may not show the movie on the date that is advertised, but that has to do entirely with the individual theater (some may only show movies that have been out for a few weeks or a month).
If we’re getting very technical here, the movies first get released in California because of the time difference, but it seems like you are more generally speaking. Hope this helps.
SOME movies get what is called limited release before they are fully released to every theatre. In those cases only some theatres across the country get to start showing them at a certain date and usually those are in NYC and LA and sometimes other major cities. Sometimes NYC and LA also have screenings before they are released but that is like one screening in one theatre not every theatre in NY or Cali. So your mom is sort of right. I don’t know about Black Swan specifically, I don’t remember it releasing earlier here but it may have.
Oh your mom is right, Black Swan was put in limited release on Dec. 3 and released to all theatres on Dec 17. But it is not just NY and LA, some other cities get the limited release also.